A liar freely gives his oath
The biggest liar in the world is They Say.
Father of fathers, make me one, A fit example for a son.
Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you're never friendless ever, if you have a dog.
Courage is to feel the daily daggers of relentless steel and keep on living.
The tree that never had to fight for sun and sky and air and light but stood out in the open plain and always got it share of rain, never became a forest king but lived and died a scrubby thing. Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger wind, the stronger trees.